October 2016

September 29, 2016: Mangano FG, Veronesi G, Hauschild U, Mijiritsky E, Mangano published an article in PLOS ONE (The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty.). It compares "Trueness and Precision of Four Intraoral Scanners in Oral Implantology:...

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“Security is not about perfectly secure systems. Such a thing might well be impractical, or impossible to find and/or maintain. What security is though is risk reduction, not risk elimination. It’s about employing all the appropriate controls available to you, within reason, that allow...

By Robin Dishon, Senior Writer, ESET
What is a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack? Here's how it works, and what you can do to keep your devices from being hijacked by a botnet.
Friday’s massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on major providers of the...

By Darryl Hol, CBC News Posted: Oct 19, 2016 4:33 PM ET
Researchers have found that people who suffer from migraines have more of the bacteria that breaks down nitrates found in certain foods.
People who suffer from migraines have long complained that certain foods trigger the severe...

ICW Elite 5220 Easy-to-Cable-Manage Monitor Mount
This video is a detailed demonstration of how ICW's re-designed Elite 5220 monitor mounting arm is assembled. It also provides a good overview of the quality of the build and explains the product better than a photo or line drawing....

In Shelburne, the Wansbrough family is trying to set things right, but finding there’s no easy way. All wish to honour Brigadier General, and local dentist, Elgin McKinnon Wansbrough, but they can’t agree on a solution.
Brigadier General Elgin McKinnon Wansbrough served in both World Wars...

The Mossack Fonseca data breach, more commonly known as the Panama Papers breach, is one the largest and most damaging data breaches in history. It is still the largest data breach which resulted in data delivered to journalists to date. The "Panama Papers" involve 11.5...

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By Caroline Humer and Jim Finkle | NEW YORK/BOSTON
Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market.
Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the...

Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up this morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s probably safe to...

Dozens of the nation’s most popular websites — including Twitter, PayPal, Airbnb , Netflix, Reddit and Spotify — were disrupted Friday by a major cyber attack that exposed the fragile nature of the Internet.
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Source: Who launched cyber attack that hit Twitter, Paypal, HBO? - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Ryerson University Executive Director Ann Cavoukian, previously Ontario's Privacy Commissioner, has launched the International Council on Global Privacy and Security, by Design. The mission, according to a press release, "is to dispel the commonly held view that organizations must choose between privacy and public safety...

Josh Hallquist uses skills learned during his time at Tyler School of Art for dentistry.
<Read the Article Here at The Temple News>
Source: Tyler and Temple dentistry school create partnership - The Temple News...

Thornhill dentist, Dr. Alex Toivis, was attacked, but little more is known, so far.
<Read what information there is at yorkregion.com>
Source: Thornhill dentist 'fine now' after being attacked with knife...